-2- 



^k crop is due to a 9 per cent decrease In planted acreage and a 58 per cent reduction 

 from I9UI1 in harvested acreage as a result of severe drouth. 



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Bumper vegetable crop for canning . With both sweet com and green lima 

 beans producing record crops, the entire vegetable crop for canning and processing 

 is expected to be greater than in 19Mt, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture 

 reports. The sweet com crop is estllnated at 1,302,900 tons compared with the 19^2 

 peak of 1,282,500 tons and I9UI; production of 1,009,000 tons. The 19^5 green lima 

 bean crop is a third larger than last year. Snap beans and cabbage are above the 

 19l^li production. 



19^ Cuban sugar crop , A private estimate places the 19^6 Cuban sugar crop 

 at 4,Ui^0,000 tons against 3,925,000 tons for 19^5. 



United States civilian allocations of sugar for the April -September period 

 remained unchanged, but the supply for the last quarter of the year will be 28 per 

 cent smaller than the average for the first three quarters and 3^ per ^^^"^ l^^s than 

 the final quarter of 19^U. This will provide a civilian per capita supply of 73 

 pounds of sugar for the year compared with 89 pounds in l^kk and a 96-pound average 

 ^ for 1935-39. 



Slight drop in world cattle numbers . There was a slight decrease in world 

 cattle numbers at the beginning of I9U5 compared to the previous year, according to 

 preliminary estimates of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Foreign Agri- 

 cultural Relations. The total, amounting to 711 million head, was 2 per cent less 

 than the I936-U0 average of 723 million. 



Further reduction in world cattle numbers in 19^5 ie indicated, however, 

 because of animal losses since January in central and eastern Europe in connection 

 wjth military operations and the ending of the war, less favorable feed supplies and 

 less assurance of favorable economic conditions during the next few years. 



In North America, cattle numbers on January 1, 19^5, remained near the rec- 

 ord level of about II5 million established a year earlier. Cattle numbers in Europe, 

 exclusive of the U.S.S.R., showed a 5 P©r cent decrease at the beginning of 19^5 a^*d 

 wore 13 per cent less than the 1936-14-0 average of 110,100,000 head. Unfavorable pap- 

 ture weather discouraged expansion in South America's principal cattle areas, and 

 animal numbers remained about the same as a year before. However, Argentine cattle 

 niunbers in mid-19'+5 probably were slightly higher than a year ago because slaughter 

 during the first six months ran below normal rates. Australian cattle are estimated 

 at 13,500,000 head, a decrease of 5 per cent. 



Canned fruits and canned vegetables set-asides reduced . The Department of 

 Agriculture announced (September lU) that additional quantities of canned fruits and 

 canned vegetables from the 19^15 pack would be made available for civilian consumption 

 as a result of decreased government requirements, which will be reflected in reduced 

 set-aside percentages on these foods in forthcoming amendments to two War Food Orders, 

 22,8 (canned fruits) and 22.9 (canned vegetables). Reductions will make available an 

 estimated additional 3,850,000 cases of canned fruits and 5,887,000 cases of canned 

 vegetables. 



Government controls on cheese removed . All government controls on the man- 

 ufacture and distribution of cheese were removed when the U.S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture issued Amendment 5 to its War Food Order 15 and terminated WFO 92 effective 



